Black-throated Bushtit

Chail - April 2012

The Black-throated Bushtit {Aegithalos concinnus), also known as the Black-throated Tit, is a very small passerine bird in the family Aegithalidae.

The Black-throated Bushtit is a small passerine, around 10.5 cm long and weighing 4-9 g.^[2] There is considerable racial variation in the plumage, but all subspecies have a medium length tail (as opposed to the long tail of the related Long-tailed Tit), a black throat and a black 'bandit mask' around the eye. The nominate race has a chestnut cap, breast band and flanks and dark grey back, wings and tail, and a white belly. The other subspecies have generally the same pattern (minus the chest band) but with grey caps or all grey bellies and flanks. Both sexes are alike.